Cultivator-shield.



100.806,975. PATENTED DE0.12,.1005. E. A. HYDE 0 H. H. FARLIN.

GULTIVATOR SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, 1. 1905.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT yoEEroE.

ELM-ER A. HYDE'AND HENRY H. FARLIN, OF VILLISCA, IOWA.

CULTIVATOR-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application led August 1, 1905. Serial No. 272,186.

tivator-Shields; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a shield for riding-cultivators that will possess superiority in construction over the' shields in common use, its special form rendering it more effective and practical in its use and also providing a simple and easilyoperated means for attaching the shield to the machine and enabling it to be raised or lowered as circumstances require; and it consists in the several details of construction substantially as shown-in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure-1 of thedrawings isa perspective view showing the cultivator-shield and means for connecting it with the frame of the cultivater; Fig. 2, a similar viewof one of the adjustable brackets used for connecting the shield thereto by suitable hangers.

In the accompanying drawings,A represents a segmental perforated plate secured to the bar or arm a of a cultivator, and engaging with the perforations b of the plate is a tooth or projection c upon a lever B, said lever being pivoted tothe segmental plate. A rod d is connected to the lever B and to one end of a crank-rod e, said crank-rod having its bearings in clips f, secured to the transverse shaft g of the cultivator, the slots L in the clips enabling' the same to be adjusted as circumstances require. The crank-rod e is attached to the shield C through the medium of a chain or other like flexible connection, as indicated at f', a saddle D extending over the forward end of the shield to strengthen it where most needed. This saddle D is provided with an eye o' for attaching the chain or other connection thereto, and the beams E of the cultivator, which carry the shovels F, are provided upon the under side with adjustable brackets G, as

. shown in detail in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The brackets G have bearings y' at their outer ends, through which pass the crank ends 7c of the hangers H, said hangers extending inwardly from the outward ends of the beams and in a direction downward and are pivotally connected to the sides of the shield C by any well-known means best adapted to the purpose.

The connection between the lever B and the shield C enables the shield to be raised or lowered through the medium of the lever as circumstances require, and the adjustable brackets G, which are capable of ladjustment by means of the elongated slot Z therein admits the adjustment of said brackets to adapt the shield to the Varying heights of the beams, thus adjusting the position of the shield relative to the shovels of the cultivator.

'The shield having no rigid attachment is permitted t0 ride up and over large clods, trash', and uneven ground and falls down to its normal position when smooth ground is reached. It will be noticed that the forward ends, as indicated at m, of the shield C being perfectly straight or vertical will push small obstructions out of the way and move forward, thus protecting the plants. When plants are larger than the shield, said shield can be quickly raised by means of the lever hereinbefore described and held .above the ground a suitable distance, thus throwing clods and the like away from the plants and allowing the line pulverized soil to fall against the same.

The side of the shield C is cut away, so as to form an arch n at or near the center thereof, so that when the shield is moving over the ground, the arch will allow the soil at all times to sift through and fall upon the young corn, while the clods are kept away.

There are many features of superiority in the construction of the shield over those in common use, and while the means employed for raising and lowering the shield are considered the most simple and practical we do not wish to'be confined thereto, as the means may be variously modified or changed in the details of construction without in any manner departing from the essential features o f the invention.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A shield for cultivators or other like agricultural machines, and means for connecting it with said machine, consisting of adjustable brackets connecting with the ends of the beams of the machine, hangers having its bearings in the ends of the hangers and pivotally connecting with the shield,and suitable means IOO lIO

for raising and lowering the shield and an intermediate flexible connection between said means and the shield, substantially as and for the purpose described. f

2. A shield for cultivators or other li ke Vagricultural machines,said shield having a straight or vertical front end and a suitable openingr upon the side oi' the shield, adjustable brackets upon the ends of the beams of the machine, hangers pivotally connecting with the brackets and with the shield, asaddle upon the front end of the shield, means for raising,q or lowering the shield and a flexible -Conneotion between said raising` and lowering means .and the shield, substantially as and for the pur- I5y pose specified.

In testimony whereof we afHX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ELMER A. HYDE. HENRY H. FARLIN.

Witnesses:

S. H. COLEMAN, W. G. DAVIE. 

